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The beat goes on: Concerts, events resume

Concerts in the park can resume this summer with social distancing requirements but no capacity limits enforced by the state. Ouray’s Mountain Air Mus...

April 14, 2021

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Vaccine pause delays push

Ouray County Public Health canceled its Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinics this week after two federal agencies recommended pausing the use of the...

April 14, 2021

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Seeking vaccines for teens a ‘goose chase’

After the state announced last week that anyone over 16 would be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, Niki Dow began searching. She’d already been vaccina...

April 8, 2021

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County: Continue masking up

Ouray County commissioners voted Wednesday to adopt a local mask mandate, requiring them in public indoor places after the state relaxed restrictions ...

April 8, 2021

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State eases mask order for green counties

Masks will no longer be required in some public spaces in Colorado counties at level green, including Ouray County, under a modified executive order f...

April 2, 2021

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RESURRECTING RITUALS

Father Nathaneal Foshage paused behind the altar, carefully pulling a blue and white surgical mask over his face. He adjusted it before stepping out t...

April 1, 2021

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Colorado expanding vaccine eligibility to all adults

All Coloradans will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Friday, Gov. Jared Polis announced Monday. The state's Phase 2, which includ...

March 29, 2021

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County to receive $1.4M in federal aid

Ouray County governments are set to receive an estimated $1.4 million from the latest economic stimulus bill, the American Rescue Plan Act. According ...

March 25, 2021

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County gets green light

State officials moved Ouray County on Wednesday to level green, the least restrictive on the COVID-19 color dial, allowing most businesses and events ...

March 25, 2021

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Vaccine eligibility continues to expand

Essential workers, people with high-risk conditions and anyone over 50 will be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Colorado starting Friday, while...

March 18, 2021

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Hurd introduces House bill to transfer Crystal Reservoir to Ouray

By LIA SALVATIERRA

November 4, 2025

U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd has introduced legislation to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir from the U.S. Forest Service to the city of Ouray, identical to a Senate bill introduced in September, after w...

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Ridgway girls cross country team nabs state title

By Plaindealer Staff Report

November 1, 2025

The Ridgway High School girls’ cross country team is bringing a state title back to the San Juans. The six-person team won the Class 2A state title Saturday afternoon in Colorado Springs, capping a te...

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Food assistance benefits dry up

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

October 29, 2025

An estimated $51,000 in federal food benefits will no longer be available to 170 Ouray County households starting Friday. The monthlong federal government shutdown without Congressional appropriations...

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Mine shaft wasn’t identified as hazard

State vows to secure opening quickly following Ridgway woman's death

By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com

October 29, 2025

A dangerous, water-filled mine shaft where a woman's body was found last week had not yet been identified for closure by state officials charged with securing hazardous mine openings. Though the state...

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Pushback against wolves grows

Ranchers oppose release in county; feds seek to block state

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

October 29, 2025

The Ouray County Cattlemen’s Association has objected to releasing wolves in the county, amid other efforts potentially complicating or stifling wolf reintroduction in the region this winter. A letter...

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Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines